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Vinca

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27. "To reassure Kurdish allies" - what's left of them.

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Pence Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq to Reassure Kurdish Allies [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 OP

Mopping up after Trump or preparing for a Pence administration. Frustratedlady Nov 2019 #1

Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 #15

I hope the Kurds Seedersandleechers Nov 2019 #2

Preferably shoes! eom BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #3

I could think of some other things I would like thrown at him. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #12

That's for sure! BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #14

I remember that. Maggiemayhem Nov 2019 #22

Gotta hand it to Shrub for one thing Polybius Nov 2019 #28

He handled that well overall Blue_playwright Nov 2019 #31

He likely got them BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #34

I think he got it from Laura Polybius Nov 2019 #35

... BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #36

Never gets old. paleotn Nov 2019 #33

Oh, that's rich. paleotn Nov 2019 #4

fuck. you. this is just sick. Leghorn21 Nov 2019 #5

Yeah that's about right for this administration padah513 Nov 2019 #6

I'm sure that put their minds at ease and they're fine now. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #7

The Kurds being killed gab13by13 Nov 2019 #8

Pence could get safe Syria transit papers from Erdogan or Putin. Marcuse Nov 2019 #13

Pence is REALLY on the run. He wants to re-enter as the Big Innocent Republican in all this. ancianita Nov 2019 #9

Pence. Mr Unannounced. On. The. Run. ancianita Nov 2019 #10

Pence doesn't do anything (especially something like this) without tRumps blessing. ToxMarz Nov 2019 #18

Jennifer Williams might have more to say about this. He's not clean or innocent at all. ancianita Nov 2019 #19

I'm just thinking Trumps way out, I don't think he cares what happens after that ToxMarz Nov 2019 #24

Pence:::: T-R-U-U-U-U-S-T me! keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #11

Oh, yes, that will be very reassuring bucolic_frolic Nov 2019 #16

Until Trump suddenly decides to bail on them when he is ordered to by Moscow and cstanleytech Nov 2019 #17

trump is throwing him a bone.... getagrip_already Nov 2019 #20

Setting him up for 2naSalit Nov 2019 #21

Was Mother with him, Scarsdale Nov 2019 #23

Reassure them of what? Yeah we got your backs - as in stabbing them as you flee. Chemisse Nov 2019 #25

Does anybody really think that the Kurds would believe anything this administration has to say? Firestorm49 Nov 2019 #26

"To reassure Kurdish allies" - what's left of them. Vinca Nov 2019 #27

"We'll only abandon you if the Russians tell us too" NT Happy Hoosier Nov 2019 #29

Why, to reassure their doom? Zambero Nov 2019 #30

Interesting. RVN VET71 Nov 2019 #32